Bury FC

In reality letting them back into League 2 would not work unless they have real cash.

They’d effectively be a new club on and off the pitch and a new team made up of what would be journeymen and kids so coming in at that “professional” level would be a massive challenge to sustain.

Though I really feel for their loyal support they’d be better off from building further down the pyramid.

The last team kicked out the FL was Maidstone and that was 27 years ago

Quoted from HertsGTFC

In reality letting them back into League 2 would not work unless they have real cash.

They’d effectively be a new club on and off the pitch and a new team made up of what would be journeymen and kids so coming in at that “professional” level would be a massive challenge to sustain.

Though I really feel for their loyal support they’d be better off from building further down the pyramid.

That’s a good point; who on earth would sign for them next season? Hardly without financial risk.

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

there seems to be a lot of disparity when it comes to issues regarding financial affairs and regulations.

how can "bigger clubs" get points taken off (Leicester etc) after falling into financial distress, yet teams like (the proper) Wimbledon, Aldershot, darlington get stripped of their league status

football is losing faith in the people that care about it.

The (alleged) difference is that the clubs kicked out of the FL couldn't demonstrate they could meet their obligations for the season when they had an act of insolvency. Bolton, Leicester, Portsmouth etc apparently could when they had their rescue deals. I'm sceptical about the robustness of the process personally, but that's the official rationale.

Wimbledon was a different case. Their league position was taken over by another 'franchise' in effect. They weren't in admin. AFC Wimbledon was a new club, founded when 'Wimbledon FC' were still in existence, so they started from lower down the pyramid, as did the new Aldershot and Maidstone (and Darlo).

Darlo were already outside the FL when they went bust. The Conference has always been stricter than the FL.

Quoted from Rob_in_Grimsby

I can see the championship and L1 all voting for them to stay in as it does not effect them directly and if it happens to them in the future they can use this as a way out.
L2 clubs will vote them out as it would mean two go down this season.

well considered and i would think that would be the case.

No one wants to see a club go bust, but they have and should be reinstated next season.

However, I think it is time to implement a 3 up 3 down between the national league and league 2.

Edit as I miss typed
No one wants to see a club go bust, but they have and should not be reinstated next season.

I feel for them. Anything that can be done for them should be. As long as that cretin Dale has gone, signed and sealed and the club can demonstrate they are financially viable then I would re-admit them into league 2 next season.

Understand what people are saying though. Andy Holt, the Accrington owner makes a lot of sense and has been calling for massive reform for a long time. The Football League needs to do more to make sure this doesn't happen again, I can only imagine how Bury fans feel at the moment and for that reason, I would re-admit them into the Football League. Maybe expel MK Dons as well while they are at it.

Their demise will save scunny unfortunately

Quoted from supertown

Their demise will save scunny unfortunately

My understanding of it is that it would be just the 3 down from L1 this season, and all other relegation/promotion spots would remain the same.  So effectively Bury if reinstated are one of the 4 teams that are relegated from L1 this season.

If they're reinstated, what example does it set for other clubs...

Terrible thing to say but if it was MK Dons instead of Bury if it meant scunny going down then I'm all for it.